The Deputy Governor of Kaduna State, Dr Hadiza Balarabe, has decried economic inequality against women in the country,
Balarabe, who spoke at the African Women in Business Summit organised by Nigeria Outlook on Saturday in Abuja, said the inclusion of women in economic policies would enhance development in the polity.
The Business Summit had as its theme, “Financial inclusion of Women: The African Economic Renaissance.”
She urged government at all levels and financial development experts to create enabling environments for women to thrive.
Dr. Balarabe said financial empowerment of women in the country would end poverty.
She said Kaduna State has prioritised human capital development with a focus on women, as the government was committed to the development of women.
“We still have in this age where the girl child is not able to go to school; she has been seen as incapable of taking care of herself. Women suffer double lack and burden in our society today because the society has granted the male child a privileged role. Women have been abandoned in the home for giving birth to a girl child but we are going to change that,” she said.
The representative of the Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Talen, Mrs Awal Mustapha, noted that despite global challenges, women were making great strides in all spheres of life.
She said the ministry is advocating an end to all forms of discrimination and it would continue to work to ensure that vulnerable women were not left out.
The Editor-in-Chief, Nigeria Outlook, Alhaji Dairu Ali, said besides the youths, the future of the world today depends on the role women are allowed to play.
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